Georgian Bay Pilgrimage
I've been gone for a couple of days, on pilgrimage to Martyrs' Shrine, in Midland, Ontario, of which I have written a number of...
Notre Dame’s Decline
Dr. John Fisher reflects upon his time at Notre Dame in the 1960’s which, for all of its own cultural revolution, seems paradisical compared...
Preaching the Primacy of the Family
It has always been difficult for the homilist to preach on the feast of the Holy Family. In the old days, the priest would...
Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a child prodigy, some say even more so than the incomparable Mozart, developing perfect...
Laying Heavy Burdens of Carbon
John Robson is right, when he decries the hypocrisy of Prime Minister Trudeau and his entourage of 225 ‘delegates’ to the ‘climate change’ conference...
Rose of Lima and the ‘Art’ of Tattoos
Saint Rose of Lima (+1617) was a consecrated virgin, and the first native-born canonized saint of the Americas. She was renowned during her lifetime...
Our Brokeness and the Eucharist
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take...
America’s Perfect Storm
When the Constitutional Convention concluded, Benjamin Franklin upon his exit from the event was accosted by a woman who asked him what kind of...
G.K. Chesterton Answers the Maniacs: Orthodoxy Revisited
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a Christian apologist, novelist, poet, historian, biographer, playwright and author of eighty books. First a convert from atheism to the...
The Holy Mass Part III: As Sacrifice and Heavenly Food, Not Therapeutic Pablum and...
This Sunday’s reflection is the third in a series of meditations on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, with specific references to the Ancient...